Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act
Latest action · Oct 14, 2021 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 29, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act
This bill addresses the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provision of mammograms and breast cancer treatment.
Among other requirements, the VA must
- submit a strategic plan for improving breast imaging services for veterans,
- implement a three-year pilot program to provide telemammography services for veterans who live in locations where access to breast imaging services at a VA facility is difficult or unfeasible,
- upgrade all mammography services at its facilities to use three-dimensional breast imaging,
- update guidelines to increase the use of testing for the breast cancer gene and genetic counseling for veterans diagnosed with breast cancer, and
- update its policies and directives to ensure that it confirms the accessibility of a breast imaging site when referring a veteran with a spinal cord injury or disorder to a non-VA provider.
In addition, the VA must enter into a partnership with at least one cancer center of the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health in each Veterans Integrated Service Network to expand access to high-quality cancer care for women veterans. In implementing such partnerships, the VA must ensure that veterans with breast cancer who reside in rural areas or states without a partner cancer center are able to receive care through telehealth.
Finally, the VA must collaborate with the Department of Defense and report on all current research and health care collaborations between the departments on treating veterans and members of the Armed Forces with breast cancer.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2021 to Jun 23, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Jul 29, 2021 |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Oct 15, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Oct 26, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Dec 8, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Mar 8, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Mar 15, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Apr 28, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Apr 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Apr 28, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | May 17, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Jun 23, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 29, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 9, 2021Hearings Oct 14, 2021 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jul 29, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 14, 2021Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Sep 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 29, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 29, 2021Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 133, July 29, 2021, page H4294.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2533 | Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act | Identical bill | Jun 7, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve mammography services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cancer
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and paralysis
- Genetics
- Government studies and investigations
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Home and outpatient care
- Indian social and development programs
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Minority health
- Neurological disorders
- Rural conditions and development
- Veterans' medical care
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
